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Duncan Ruby ES
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Duncan Ruby ES
Duncan Ruby ES operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in N Las Vegas, Nevada, part of Clark County. Current enrollment sits at 718 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in Nevada, which averages around 480 students.
Clark County runs 375 schools in total, collectively educating 301,622 students. Duncan Ruby ES is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Duncan Ruby ES logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 34% Black, 9% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 32%.
On the resource side, On paper, Duncan Ruby ES has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Duncan Ruby ES tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Duncan Ruby ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Duncan Ruby ES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.9%.
Around the school, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,472 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Duncan Ruby ES is one of 462 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students).
Nearest neighbor: Hayden Don E ES, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Duncan Ruby ES at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 642 students in 2018 compared to 718 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 43% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Clark County at a glance
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